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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in Tennessee for the rest of the year on Monday to enable a review of its lethal injection procedures after a testing oversight forced the state to call off the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was to die. A federal public defender praised the Republican governor for his “great leadership” in launching the review. Former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton will review circumstances that led to the chemicals being tested only for potency and sterility but not for endotoxins in Smith’s case. He’ll also review the clarity of the lethal injection process manual and Tennessee Department of Correction staffing considerations, Lee said in a statement. ...

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